Meta cancels Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ amid Facebook Watch shutdown

Live drip painting artist Mark Rios, known as Mr. Dripping, will be the subject of a new docuseries being produced by Uri Singer’s Passage Pictures.

backed out due to the writers’ strike.

—and very excited to do it—but gave a heartfelt explaining that she was stepping down out of respect for those on the picket lines who would have normally been writing for the annual awards show. The awards are still scheduled to go on without a host, but it remains to be seen just how pared down it will be. More on that below. In other news, if you have yet to catch up on the with Elizabeth Olsen, Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons, and more, then this is the week to do it.

Tasha Smith is joining the cast of Bad Boys 4.

McKinley Franklin editor Tasha Smith will join Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the latest installment of Sony Pictures’ “Bad Boys” franchise.  In “Bad Boys 4,” Smith will play Theresa, Marcus Burnett’s (Lawrence) loving and devoted wife, a role previously inhabited by Theresa Randle in the first three “Bad Boys” films. Plot details for “Bad Boys 4” have been kept under wraps. Smith is best known for her roles as Carol in the drama series “Empire,” Ronnie Boyce in HBO’s Emmy-winning series “The Corner” and Angela in Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married?” She has also directed episodes of “Our Kind of People,” “Mayor of Kingstown” and “Bel-Air.”

Nick Cannon is having his say on “Red Table Talk” following the show’s recent cancellation.

Nick Cannon is reacting to the news of the cancellation of Red Table Talk, the show hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris.

For those who haven’t heard the news, it was announced this week that Facebook Watch would be ending its original series programming — meaning the popular talk show Red Table Talk would be de facto canceled (and in need of a new home). The news no doubt came as a disappointment to the legions of viewers who enjoyed watching Jada Pinkett-Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris take on very candid conversations about the hottest of topics. However, there’s one person who is glad Red Table Talk is gone (for now at least) – and that person is Nick Cannon.

Nick Cannon is not holding back. The TV personality shared his candid thoughts on the cancellation of Jada Pinkett Smith's  and, more specifically, Will Smith's appearances on the show through the years. In a segment on his new live radio show,, the 42-year-old addressed the news that was canceled as Facebook Watch ends its original programming, calling the development «good.» «If there was no, then he wouldn't have slapped the s**t out of Chris Rock,» Cannon declared, referencing the now-infamous incident during the 94th Academy Awards, where the star slapped Rock in the face after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith's shaved head. When his co-hosts voiced their support of the program — which teamed Pinkett Smith with her daughter, Willow Smith, and mother, Adrienne «Gammy» Banfield-Norris, for candid conversation and interviews — Cannon went on to call it, «That toxic table.» «That was royalty, Will and Jada.

Red Table Talk—the co-hosted by , her daughter , and her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris—has been canceled after five seasons, according to . The series, which launched on Meta's streaming service Facebook Watch in 2018, was reportedly axed amid a pivot away from original programming.

with Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith and Adrienne «Gammy» Banfield-Norris, along with several other Facebook Watch Originals, has officially been canceled, ET can confirm.On Wednesday, reported that Mina Lefevre, who was Head of Development and Programming at Meta, was part of the latest round of layoffs at the Mark Zuckerberg-run company. None of the series launched under Lefevre will return for new seasons as Facebook shifts focus from original programming to creating VR experiences in Meta Horizon Worlds.Along with the  franchise, which included the Gloria Estefan spinoff Facebook's other original series included  with Steve Harvey, with Taraji P.

Meta will no longer pull up a seat at the red table. Jada Pinkett Smith and her daughter Willow Smith’s Red Table Talk has been canceled.

Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk” has been cancelled.

Meta is shutting down the Facebook Watch originals group, including Jada Pinkett Smith‘s show Red Table Talk.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Amid broad cost-cutting moves, Meta is shuttering the Facebook Watch originals group, whose small slate of shows included the hit “Red Table Talk” hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, Variety has confirmed. A Meta representative confirmed that the company is shuttering its originals group but declined to provide further comment. The news was first reported by Deadline. With the shutdown of Facebook Watch originals, Mina Lefevre, head of development and programing for the group, is leaving the company. Lefevre joined Meta (then called Facebook) in 2017, after serving as MTV’s head of scripted development. At Meta, Lefevre reported to Ricky Van Veen, VP of creative strategy.

EXCLUSIVE: Mina Lefevre, who was Head of Development and Programming at Meta, is departing Facebook’s parent company.

Spider-Man: No Way Home” to tout from his studio’s 2022 box office record. But that didn’t stop him from cheering on theater owners from the Caesars Palace stage and mocking those who predicted their demise.“For the past three years, as the punditocracy pissed on your business, we at Sony held fast,” Rothman boasted.

While no footage was offered, Sony did take time in the CinemaCon presentation to tease the next installment in the “Bad Boys” franchise. Sony’s opening presentation featured Will Smith and Martin Lawrence stumbling through an intro with confusion about whether they were happy or unhappy not to be at CinemaCon. The film is four weeks into shooting, and the brief joke pre-taped bit concluded with the stars introducing Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group President Josh Greenstein who came to the stage and bragged about 23 theatrical releases for the coming year, emphasizing a wide variety of movies beyond just conventional blockbusters.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Will Smith and Martin Lawrence kicked off CinemaCon by talking up their return to “Bad Boys” business. “We’re hype, we’re excited,” Smith told the crowd of movie theater owners. He apologized for not being able to be in Las Vegas for the annual convention of the exhibition industry…well, kinda. “We’re not sorry we couldn’t be there,” Lawrence admonished him, noting they were four weeks into film the fourth film in the franchise. “We glad we not there because we here and they’re paying us to be here,” Smith said.